shiverbones Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 post more! I am done, and yours are better... With that 138,(I know it's a 12 center, but it tied in) the colors in person are so bright it almost hurts to look at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Great books, shiverbones. I know you are a true color appreciator. The 1950s color schemes are certainly different from any other era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I have been wondering. Can I get away with posting a few GA covers in this thread? The GA forum is full of mighty GA posters, so maybe a few here will be excused. If anyone objects I will delete them before they become permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Thanks! Yeah, I think that era of DC books may be the most beautifully colored run in comics history..but I am biased I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Here is the first GA appearance of Clayface. Recil Macon copy. ...and the first SA appearance of Clayface. Mass. copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Some nice night sky colors on these two books: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I think this is the first SA "shocked Robin": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Detective Comics #265 has always been an icon of SA DC. A simple and clean looking cover image, still with those great 1950s colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john72tex Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Those are some nice Detectives, Steelcity. You have motivated me to get busy completing the 200's. I'll have to post my 267 when it gets back from CGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatterdamillion Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Steelcity makes me hate my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Steelcity makes me hate my collection. You better be kind to your collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Those are some nice Detectives, Steelcity. You have motivated me to get busy completing the 200's. I'll have to post my 267 when it gets back from CGC. #267 is a tough book. Looking forward to seeing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 (edited) Not the best cover of the 1st 20, but such a solid copy I couldn't pass it up. Your "House of" books are blowin' me away, 'bones. Fun to see yet another "creature from my story" cover, this time a writer instead of artist. I wonder how many times DC used that shtick. Jack [PS: Can you actually tell Ely from Brown from Elias from etc. on these DC anthology covers?] Edited December 14, 2007 by selegue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 This book Glows in hand, the colors and gloss are phenomenal! What striking colors on that book. I don't think I've noticed that cover before at all. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Even in the 1960s Superboy was a bit of a back-water title. These two issues, though, illustrate a decade of change, most of which happened in a rush, after 1967. #78, from Jan 1960 is clearly a 1950s book, complete with those dreamy colors and images of a bygone era: By Dec 1969 the Neal Adams cover has SUCH a different image, complete with moody teenager Clark and....who are they?....the KENTS! What happened to that kindly old couple? (Please excuse the 15-center in this thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Some nice night sky colors on these two books: Gorgeous colors again with a very simple, effective and appealing design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Two images of Superboy on the moon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Last one for now. I will be posting some seasonal covers very soon. Some are too early for this thread, but I am happy to post them here if nobody objects. Failing that, I'll have to find a thread in the GA forum to put some in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze_rules Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Here is the long story For me, HOM was the 1st title I had a couple of off of the news stand, and I decided that I like these so much, I am going to collect comics. Then they cancelled HOM about 5 months later! I found a few at my local shop, all bronze, with a couple from the "Dark Years" with dial H. I finally found a few 10 centers at my 1st comic convention which I went to at around seventh grade or so., maybe 8th. I ended up liking all the homs, (And HOS) except the dial H issues, and put together quite a run over the years, but after high school I had sold that run to pay for a phone bill I racked up with an out of town girlfriend. From about my mid twenties to around 30 or so I really went after the bronze, because it was cheaper & nostalgic. The Cain issues will always mean more to me. I eventually put together the entire DC bronze horror run, and kind of burnt out on it since I am not that concerned with super high grade. Lately, I have been thinking about filling in the rest of the run, and I may do it, but thatmeans I have to get the Dial H issues! It would be fun to have all 321. My main thing that gets me going about HOM now is original art with Cain, but I have bought every page that was available on the market, and am at a wall there since they are so hard to come by. so that is the ridiculously long winded journey. I have to admit I really fell in love with 1954-1960 or so DC over the last year because of the intense & odd cover coloring, so that has helped propel me along. And any genre works for me in that time period if the colors are wild. Luckily it is not a very expensive era right now unless you are going after superheroes. If you were to pick FN or so, it would not be terribly expensive to get the mystery runs except for a few of the issues. (thumbs u Cool, thanks for the background. Your interest in Cain reminded me that i saw something peculiar the other day. I was reading a roots of the swamp thing issue with reprints. It had a story in the back, and I thought to myself, "is that....?" Sure and sure enough it was cain. Not sure if it was originally from swamp thing or another title, but it was cool seeing a wrightson cain I hadn't seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Steelcity, I have to say you have an amazing...stunning collection! Don't ever feel for a moment that no one is paying attention or that your "bragging" by posting one geougous comic after another. We are all comi\c lovers here and I appreciate you sharing this awesome collection with us. Any Showcase, Brave and the Bold or Superman's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
